Slightly OT: I notice that your apps are for sale both in the App Store and through your own site.
I'd be interested in hearing about your experience maintaining your own sales/fulfillment channel while also taking advantage of Apple's. What advice would you give other developers?
Not sure I'd advise to those starting out today, except for the following cases:
1. You consider enterprise or other large sales, which are not comfortable through Mac App Store.
2. You want to participate in bundles or other promotions. Technically, you don't need a store for this but you need to create a version which can be licensed outside of Mac App Store.
Personally, I started selling ImageFramer (my first Mac application) in 2006, so we first had our own store and Mac App Store came second.
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Slightly OT: I notice that your apps are for sale both in the App Store and through your own site.
I'd be interested in hearing about your experience maintaining your own sales/fulfillment channel while also taking advantage of Apple's. What advice would you give other developers?
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Not sure I'd advise to those starting out today, except for the following cases: 1. You consider enterprise or other large sales, which are not comfortable through Mac App Store. 2. You want to participate in bundles or other promotions. Technically, you don't need a store for this but you need to create a version which can be licensed outside of Mac App Store.
Personally, I started selling ImageFramer (my first Mac application) in 2006, so we first had our own store and Mac App Store came second.